Go Dogs wrote:
"Or do you think my concern about bears, mountain lions, boar, moose, etc is stupid? I'm not too worried while in camp, as I can always go inside. I'm more concerned about been out hiking and having an encounter"
IMO: You want to go hiking in remote areas, where wild animals have every right to be-and you are concerned about having an 'encounter'. Maybe you should stick to safer environments, rather than trying to figure out if you should, 'drop' the offending animal.
Oh please. I think if you would bother to actually read the posts, you'd surmise that my intention is not to go marauding thru the countryside murdering animals I happen across. I have every right to be there too, and would just as soon not be eaten by anything while doing it.